WEBVTT - AEW Wembley is Looking Big 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.680 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:11.000 When you're ready, let's get it all. 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.640 How's it going, everybody. Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.599 We are here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific, 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:24.279 three Eastern Sunday, three Pacific, sixth Eastern Friday. Here in 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:25.639 the show. You know what that means. We had a 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:28.800 lot to talk about here today, not the least of 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:35.120 which SmackDown tonight. Bad Bunny is on SmackDown, which airs 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:39.880 tonight from Puerto Rico. The WWE pay per view is tomorrow. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.600 We'll go over the full lineup for the show later 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:46.480 on in the program. Today a lot of matches announced 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:50.600 for the show, and yeah, we'll give you the lineup 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:54.440 for SmackDown as well. Mince McMahon. Following a payment to WWE, 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:59.280 one of the lawsuits against the company has been dropped 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.360 zipically a lawsuit against the executive at chairman. We'll tell 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:06.440 you what he did to get that thing dropped. Three guesses. 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:11.399 We've got updates on aw all in in Wembley. We 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.720 actually don't have an update after the last couple of hours, 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:18.280 but as of yesterday, fifty thousand tickets six point five 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:24.480 million dollars and the official on sale date is today, 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.800 so we'll try to get some updates there. But it's 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:32.600 looking it's looking big. I'm talking really big, and we 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.479 still have months and months left until the show actually 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.959 takes place and no matches have been announced. The vast majority, 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.039 I'm sure will be sold by the end of this weekend, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.200 but you never know what'll happen is we get closer 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.600 and we'll see how everything starts to heat up with 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:54.320 the expected Collision show debuting as expected in June. We've 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.560 got notes on the WWE World Have Youweight Championship Tournament 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.800 that's going to be a whole show in and of itself. 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.720 We've got more notes on Collision, what the plans are 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:09.720 for that show. Dynamite on a Wednesday, down ten percent 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.160 from last week. We'll give you all of the details 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.280 on that and plenty more as well. Lots of news 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.040 to get into today that should be exciting. We'll kick 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:44.639 it off after the break Observer Live back in the 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.800 show Bright Now Where is here Wrestling Observer Live except 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.400 for bb also Wrestling Observer dot Com it's Friday on 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:56.200 the show. Normally Friday is like whatever, but we got 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.919 a lot to get into. Actually, plenty of news here today. 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.520 First off, SmackDown is tonight. As everyone's well aware, Bad 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.160 Bunny is going to appear on the show, Cody is 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:11.640 going to appear on the show, shinz Ke Nakamura versus 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:13.800 Kerry and Cross, and the OC will be taking on 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:18.079 the Viking Raiders. This is all leading to the pay 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:22.240 per view tomorrow where seven magnys are announced. We have Riddle, 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.799 Kevin Owens, and Sammy versus Solo, Sokoa, Jay Uso and 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:33.000 Jimmy Usso. And in theory, in theory, the Sammy Zay 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:40.360 Kevin Owens versus the USO's story ends tomorrow because they 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:45.880 are all going to different brands and allegedly that's it 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.680 is that it well, of course not, but that's what 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.400 they're claiming. So if they're going to have Solo turn 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.640 on the USO's or whatever they're going to do, tomorrow's 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:57.880 to day that in theory they have to do it. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:04.480 Cody Roads versus Brock, Rhea, Ripley versus Zelena Vega for 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:09.280 the title. It's a championship match. And Puerto Rico with 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.840 Zelena challenging for the belt seth Rawlins versus Omas, which 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.480 it was like one of instances things that he has 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:21.000 to do now that he's back is just make random 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.080 Omas matches for every show because the guy's big. I 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.320 have no idea why seth Wwlins is facing Omas. They've 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:30.560 done virtually zilch to make In fact, I will say this, 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.760 they've done zilch to make you care about it. They've 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.040 done virtually zilch to build it up one way or 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:36.320 the other. 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:41.160 So who wait, wait, wait wait, they have a new 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.279 title now, and I know that Vince loves making random 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:49.000 Omas matches. I mean, who wouldn't bud? Could this be? 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:54.480 Could this be because seth Rawlins needs to beat a 0:04:54.600 --> 0:05:00.640 giant on the way to winning the new World Heavyweight Chanceampionship. 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.920 You know what's funny, Mike is that's not the worst idea, 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.000 but I think it could be far worse, and that 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:12.080 is that Omas beats seth Rawlins so that after seth 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:16.480 Rawlins becomes the World Heavyweight Champion, they can feud throughout 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:21.599 the summer. Because if there's anything these fans would want more, 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:26.680 it is Omas. More Omas, including Championship. 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:33.560 O mas Oh Moss, what what are you doing? What? 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:38.600 Starting a new chimp stops immediately? Austin Theory, Bobby Lashley, 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:45.080 Bronson Reid for Theories title, Bianca bell Air and Eo 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:50.119 Sky for Byanca's title. I'm not even saying what title 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.440 they are because it's like they have to swap them 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.839 at some point, so who cares? And Bad Bunny will 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:59.680 be taking on Damien Priest. The crowd is going to 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:04.800 be nuclear. The building may melt. I can confirm the 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.520 building might actually melt, even though it's made in part 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.720 of stone, So be excited for that tomorrow. 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:15.440 Buddy, do they still throw batteries and rocks and bags 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.080 of urine? Because if they do in Puerto Rico, boy, 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.520 is Dominic Mysterio going to have a long night, especially 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:26.680 after he helps Rhea Ripley win her match and take 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.839 home that title. It's going to be insane. 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:35.120 The other big story, obviously, is all in the pre 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:42.280 sale ended up with fifty thousand tickets sold and six 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.520 point five million dollars at the gate. The other day 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.800 they were at thirty five thousand, and we said, you know, 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.279 if they don't sell one more ticket this show is 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:57.040 still a big success at thirty five thousand, but they 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.880 continue to sell another fifteen thousand tickets the next day, 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.920 so they are now fifty six point five million. It 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:09.520 is the most attended AW show of all time by multitudes. 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.720 It is the biggest gate of all time, and the 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:19.440 official on sale started today and it is at at 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:25.840 least sixty thousand. Now sixty thousand tickets sold. I have 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:31.440 heard rumors, rumors that it is at sixty five thousand, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.160 but I know that it is at least at sixty 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:40.680 and it is May fifth, so we still have three 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.160 and a half months left to sell tickets now. I 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.760 do believe that the vast majority of tickets will be 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:52.040 sold by the end of this weekend. Okay, but there's 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:56.960 a lot of big things coming for AW, not the 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:00.520 least of which is Collision, which is leave to be 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:04.640 starting in mid June. That will be the new Saturday show, 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:07.960 which we could talk more about. But it's looking like 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:14.280 there's going to be two shows, Dynamite and Collision, that 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:18.160 are considered to be the A shows, and we'll get 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:22.040 into that more here in a while. But Rampage is 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.320 gonna end up being what Darken elevation used to be. 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:28.640 And you know, cmpunk is expected to be the face 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:33.320 of collision, and so they will have two first run 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:37.920 two hour shows weekly. This is starting in June. They 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:41.600 will start building up matches for the Wembley Stadium show. 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.400 And so I'll give you think that you know, they 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.160 sell sixty eight thousand or whatever by the end of 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.079 this weekend and they're gonna sell no more tickets. That's 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:54.160 not gonna happen. So now we're looking at how how 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.520 close are we to all time records for all companies 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:04.920 and can they break the legitimate attendance record of WWE 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.800 with this show? So we shall we shall find out 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:13.960 over the next three months or so. But sixty thousand 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:20.440 tickets and probably at this point eight million dollar gate 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.199 I would think, maybe less because these these tickets being 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.480 sold now are probably cheaper than the ones they sold originally, 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.520 but probably seven and a half million dollar gate at 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.680 this point. So there you go. Not bad for a 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:31.560 T shirt company. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.600 That's a lot of people, you know, it's a lot 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:39.720 sold already months away and not having any matches announced. 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:45.400 So regardless of the you know, anything that takes place 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.640 on the event at the gate, no one can deny 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.400 that this was a massive success. Yes, it was a 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.320 roll of the dice for them to go ahead and 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.800 start out with Wembley as opposed to Craven Cottage or 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.720 something like that. But it's a gamble that paid off, 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.480 so huge success. Now you just have to follow it 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.480 up with a great show so people remember it for 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.520 actually being a huge, amazing event and not just you 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.200 know the first time they were there and they sold 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:13.000 a bunch of tickets. 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:19.520 So tonight also is rampage and the Firm Deletion is tonight. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:25.880 After watching the UH segment on the farm, I have 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:30.520 high hopes for the Firm Deletion. I presume it's already 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.679 been taped and everything, because you know, we had spoilers 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.080 for a rampage a couple of days ago, and no 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:42.840 Firm Deletion was shown to the crowd. So we can 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.400 all watch it coming up actually, like I think in 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.720 a couple hours, because I think, what is it two thirty. 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:52.640 Today or something like thirty Pacific? Yes, no staggered feed 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:54.800 once again for those of you on the West coast. 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:55.800 That's not a good time. 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.080 No, hey, oh you know, let me just ask you 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:03.440 something here. Three thirty and six thirty. You know, they 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.920 don't have to have solosc A turn on the USO's 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:08.120 with the way they've been telling these stories. The only 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.000 thing they really need to do is probably obviously have 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.200 the the good guys get the victory there and have 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:17.240 some sort of miscommunication happen that can play into this 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:21.560 whole very slow moving storyline, because if Sammy and Kevin 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:23.520 are not going to be any part of this deal, 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.360 this is going to be all about the USOS and 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.959 Solo and Roman. That's the direction they've been going, So 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:31.200 I don't think they have to make it so forceful 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.240 and have Solo turn or Jay turn or something like that. 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.280 They just need to have some sort of small miscommunication 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:38.679 that this is off Roman. 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:41.880 All right. When we come back, we got a lot 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.800 more to talk about Vince McMahon lawsuit update. We have 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:53.320 got this tournament, World Heavyweight Championship, tournament collision notes and 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.959 the aw Dynamite ratings for Wednesday. So back in a 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:26.000 moment with more Observer Live the show. Brian Albarez here 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:30.240 Wrestling Observer Live. Mike sumbervb also Wrestling Observer dot Com. Hey, 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:35.640 we're going to Vegas, Yes, double or nothing weekend. It's 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:39.520 gonna be a lot of fun. You should go. I'm 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:41.839 gonna tell you how. First, you can go to my 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.760 Twitter at Brian Alvarez and there's a link up there. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:49.400 Come party with Dave and Brian with this view. There's 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:50.760 a view from the Cosmopolitan. 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.480 Is this how this was written? 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.200 That's how I's written here on the front page. Yeah. 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.959 You can go to FW online dot com slash Vegas 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.760 and you can check out this convention. And we got 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.079 a lot of stuff that we're gonna be doing. Saturday, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.040 meet and greet with Dave and I. Then there is 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:16.920 a Q and A with Dave and I, followed by 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:21.840 a professional wrestling show that ed in San Antonio's promoting, 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:24.320 which I am not wrestling on. 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.840 Do you understand Cinco? 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:31.280 Yes, Sinco of them. And then we have the fur 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:36.400 w Sweet Party on Saturday night. Listen here nine pm 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:39.400 to two am. Tom's got a show that he's doing 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.839 in Vegas. So you can actually go to the Sweet Party, 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:43.760 go to the show, come back to the Sweet Party. 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:45.079 You can do all of this. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.280 See if you can keep up with Filthy Tom. 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:52.320 Yeah you can't. And then Sunday we have got the 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:56.160 brunch at the Wicked Spoon in the morning, and then 0:13:56.400 --> 0:14:00.960 Double or Nothing is in the evening. And Friday, actually, 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.040 we have got a dinner at Texas Day Brazil, which 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.040 is a Brazilian steakhouse. All you can eat meat and 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.440 salad bar, all of these things we're going to be uh, 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.720 we're gonna be doing so if you would like to 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.000 go at for w online dot com slash Vegas. We 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:20.640 also have some ticket packages available, including a couple of 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:24.440 ticket packages include a ticket to Double or Nothing. You 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.080 can get the double or Nothing ticket, the meet and greet, 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.640 the Q and A and the wrestling show. All of 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:32.600 that is available as a package, the meet and Greet, 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:35.400 Q and A and the wrestling show without the Double 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.800 or Nothing ticket, the Q and A and the wrestling 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:42.000 show alone. The wrestling show we've got which by the way, 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.160 if you get a ticket to the Q and A, 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.040 you can go to D's show free. What about that 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.880 Texas Day Brazil dinner if you want to have dinner 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.000 with us at the Brazilian steakhouse. Tickets to the Sweet 0:14:54.080 --> 0:15:00.360 Party where we're gonna have boatloads of pizza and liquor. Yeah, 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:02.400 that's only forty nine to ninety nine to go have 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.360 pizza and liquor and hang out with everybody at the 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:09.080 Cosmo and then the brunch at the Wicked Spoon. So 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.760 if you want to go and have some fun. Man, 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.640 every time we've done one of these, it's been fun. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.880 So if you want to do it forw online dot 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:20.680 Com Slash Vegas, all of the ticket packages are available, 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:24.040 and I think we actually have two seats where you 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:28.240 can sit in the suite with Dave and watch him 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:32.120 as he watches Double or Nothing and takes all of 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.920 his notes. That's like a once in a lifetime opportunity 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:35.160 right now. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.480 Yeah, that's nice and everything, But what if I want 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.920 to sit in the vicinity of Vinnie? How do I 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:40.680 do that? Well? 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.200 I don't know what you can do about that, Are 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.000 you sure? I think I think he's actually in the 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:45.560 section that we have tickets for. 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.640 So are there any rules against talking to Vinnie? Like 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.800 I don't want to hear anything about the NFL Draft 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:51.960 right now, I'm not doing that. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:53.920 I don't think there's rules like that now. 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.520 Okay, especially if you have liquored up enough with the 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.200 pizza going on at the Sweet. 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:01.320 Party following a Vince mc man payment to WA. A 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:05.360 consolidated lawsuit filed in Delaware by shareholders against the company's 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:10.440 executive chairman was dropped on Wednesday. The reason the suit 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:14.320 was dropped was due to McMahon repaying seventeen point four 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:17.239 million in late March for expenses related to the investigation 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:21.160 surrounding hush money allegations that came to light last summer. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:22.960 As a result reason. 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:28.000 The initial reason for the lawsuit was considered moot. That's 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:29.920 a real word. Everybody moot. 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:31.800 So the point is moot. 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.480 It's ridiculous, but it's a real word. Seventeen point four 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.480 million covers the costs of the investigation, but not the 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:41.280 near twenty million that Bent allegedly paid multiple accusers of 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:47.760 sexual misconduct. McMahon resigned from WWE last summer under the 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.280 pretense of retirement. 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:54.480 A new stock is looking good for some people, I think, so. 0:16:54.400 --> 0:17:00.320 The seventeen point four is the cost of that investigation. Dude, 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:06.040 I need to become an investigator seventeen point four million 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:07.880 dollars to conduct an investigation. 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.720 Look at how these things work, These auditing companies that 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.320 come in once something happens, like you know the company 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.159 that had to go you know, check on Enron and 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.320 all that sort of stuff. Yeah, there's there's money to 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.320 be made where there's money being made. 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:27.159 So now I said the word moot was funny. An 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:30.080 interesting note from the Bloomberg pe stated lawyers for the 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:35.720 Consolidated Shareholder Group now want a mootiness fee, a mootness spee, 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:40.200 a mootinus fee. Council for the WE investors indicated the 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.679 plan to seek a mootinus fee as a reward for 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:45.879 their role in forcing him to pay the money. 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.280 He owed it will be a mountainous journey to get 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:49.440 to that moutinous fee. 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:54.520 That's gonna be another multiple million dollars. So yeah, he uh, 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:56.320 he paid his money and now the thing has been 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:59.400 dropped in mm hmm. It's amazing when you have money 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:00.760 can get away with. 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:02.360 Can you believe it? 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:03.280 Wow? 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.520 God bless America. You may even make it to the 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:06.600 Supreme Court one day. 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.199 First of notes, I can't even find my YouTube plaque. Well, 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.159 if I had seventeen point four million to find it, 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:13.800 i'd have it this afternoon. 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:15.840 I think we know where the plaque is. It's just 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:17.240 a matter of where the whale is. 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.840 No, we don't know where the plaque is well, we 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:22.000 know the plaque is with the whale, but I don't 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.600 know where the whale's at. I don't know where this 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:25.120 guy can turn. 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:27.919 That's something maybe Wales Scott I'll look into, is maybe 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:31.320 like tagging you know, Oreo, and then you'll actually know 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.520 with some GPS where exactly he's floating around in the world. 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:39.680 WWE revealed more information on how its new World Heavyweight 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:43.960 Champion will be decided at WWE's pre Backlash press conference. 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.200 Tripleh announced that the World Heavyweight Championship tournament will begin 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:54.280 on Raw this coming Monday. Okay. Thee World Heavyweight Championship 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:58.000 will be the Raw Exclusive Championship. Therefore, it is starting 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:04.320 on Raw Monday, okay. There will be two triple threat 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:08.280 matches on the episode. The winners will then face off 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:10.400 against each other later that night to decide who will 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:16.800 advance Tonight of champions I'm already confused. Two triple thread matches, 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:21.879 hold on, hold on, it gets better. Two triple Thread 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:29.680 matches will also take place on SmackDown next Friday. Those 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.119 winners face each other in the main event of that episode. 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:41.400 The winner from SmackDown will face the winner from Raw 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:49.320 to determine the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion of Raw, which 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:54.640 means the finals of the Raw tournament after this draft 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:58.720 will be somebody from SmackDown facing somebody from Raw. Okay, 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:04.479 which means theoretically, okay, that if the SmackDown person wins 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.760 the Raw title, well, I would presume that person is 0:20:07.800 --> 0:20:11.560 now a Raw talent, which of course bikes a question 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:16.920 like if this were real, Okay, if this was a 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:22.160 real thing, why would you, as a SmackDown GM allow 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:24.919 anyone to compete in this tournament knowing that if they 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:28.119 do well, you lose them. Well, you wouldn't because that 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:31.639 would be stupid, because this whole thing is stupid, Because 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:33.960 this whole thing is stupid. Because last week on SmackDown 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:37.960 they said they actually said SmackDown and Raw wrestlers will 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:40.440 be eligible for the title that will only be on Raw. 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:44.199 Then on Monday, Paul Hayman came out and said, you know, 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:48.040 Roman Reigns would really like that belt, but he can't 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:52.440 compete for it because he's not on Raw, which led 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:55.040 to me thinking, wait a second, didn't you now they're 0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:59.320 saying that, in fact, in fact, SmackDown wrestlers can compete 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:02.520 for the raw title. But you see this all ties 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:05.080 into what I was talking about yesterday. You want to 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:08.680 know why Roman Reigns can't compete for the title. Why 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.880 because he ain't around to be in the tournament. Because 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:15.280 it seems to me that as the champion, as the 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:18.919 crown Jewels, so to speak, the focal point of SmackDown, 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:21.640 he should be able to be in that triple thread 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:26.640 match to determine who is going to the Night of Champions. 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:34.200 But he's not because it's stupid. You notice, I don't 0:21:34.200 --> 0:21:36.760 know if you guys have noticed this or not, by 0:21:36.840 --> 0:21:41.320 this show was really stupid until about July when Vince 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:46.399 stepped down, and then from July all the way through 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:51.000 almost WrestleMania. Like, you may not have liked the show, 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:53.600 you may have had a criticism about this or that, 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:56.320 but you know what it was, it wasn't stupid like 0:21:56.359 --> 0:22:00.280 it used to be. Well, now he's back because as 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:04.399 he paid off a bunch of people for things that 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:06.399 he had done that were wrong, he used all of 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.320 his money and now he's back, and you know what, 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:14.000 things are stupid again. Seems to me there's a correlation 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:17.680 here between you know, Vince being around and things being stupid. 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:21.600 So I'm I think this whole thing is stupid. I 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:24.639 don't know why we got SmackDown wrestlers wrestling for a 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:28.040 raw title. It doesn't make any sense, makes no sense whatsoever. 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:33.400 And yeah, so anyway, great. 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:36.760 Slowdy money baby. That's why you need to have all 0:22:36.920 --> 0:22:39.680 your stars that you can compete for. And so who 0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:42.880 is going to be that person from SmackDown who ends 0:22:42.960 --> 0:22:45.359 up coming out the victor and all that sort of 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:48.600 stuff that can show their wares against either I guess 0:22:48.720 --> 0:22:51.600 Cody Rhodes or seth Rawlins. I mean, who else is 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:52.760 it going to be? Right now? 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:57.480 Omas DJ says to Beltles Commission prior to Vince's return. 0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:00.040 Hey listen, okay, listen, here's a great example of what 0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:04.600 I'm talking about. Okay, if you want to argue that 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:08.960 you don't like the idea that the Universal Champion is 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:11.080 going to one brand and we're making a brand new 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:13.760 belt for the other brand, Okay, if you don't like 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:16.520 that idea, that's one thing, okay, but it is not 0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:19.040 what you could say. It's like a stupid idea, all right. 0:23:19.320 --> 0:23:21.400 The way that they the way that they explained it, 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:24.240 the way the Triple H did his speech that was stupid. 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:27.400 But the idea that there's one, you know, we got 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:29.879 belt for this brand belt, that's not a stupid idea. 0:23:30.520 --> 0:23:33.760 A brand split is not a stupid idea. Okay. What 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:37.400 is stupid is the execution and all of the execution 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:40.440 of these ideas since Vince came back has been stupid. 0:23:40.800 --> 0:23:41.840 That's the problem. 0:23:41.960 --> 0:23:44.840 That's a great point, Brian. But since Vince's back now 0:23:44.840 --> 0:23:46.120 everything's moot. 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:48.960 I want to moot in his fee for having to 0:23:49.000 --> 0:23:51.080 watch these shows and try to explain everything to you 0:23:51.119 --> 0:23:53.160 guys back in a moment Observer Live. 0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:11.520 All right, A. 0:24:11.520 --> 0:24:15.359 Couple of things right here, So I'm looking at the 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:17.800 ticket maps and that sort of thing on wrestle Tics, 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:23.439 and we'll have a good number. We'll have a good 0:24:23.520 --> 0:24:26.960 number here, probably pretty soon. But according to wrestle Tics, 0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:29.120 it appears that the number as of right now could 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:34.960 be and I quote, well above sixty thousand. So earlier 0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:37.639 in the show, I said that the rumor number was 0:24:38.119 --> 0:24:40.119 the rumor number was sixty five, and knew it was 0:24:40.160 --> 0:24:44.680 over sixty. But we may be nearing sixty five seventy 0:24:44.760 --> 0:24:46.679 at this point for this show. 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:51.040 So Tony needs to get into the work in numbers game, 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:53.560 so when this thing finally happens, you can announce like 0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:57.639 one hundred and eleven thousand people to whatever, like over 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:00.600